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1961 Apollo Beach is not for everyone
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1961 Apollo Beach is not for everyone.
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Marketing brochure for Apollo Beach created by Flora Sun with Wilbur E. Jones, from Miami, as President. Flora Sun acquired Apollo Beach from Francis J. Corr in 1960, (with Paul Dickman also holding a mortgage on the property.) Flora Sun quickly became embroiled in a financial scandal and could not meet its obligations. After a protracted bankruptcy and foreclosure action, the property was returned to Francis Corr. Flora Sun did very little development of Apollo Beach while holding the property.
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HCC0101AB001
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Aerial View October 1960
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Aerial View October 1960.
Abstract/Description
Aerial View of Apollo Beach taken in October 1960. Note the expanded dredging operation on the bay side that doubled the sized of the bay portion of the developement.
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HCC0101RUS297
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Aerial View of Apollo Beach - 1957
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Aerial View of Apollo Beach - 1957.
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Aerial View of Apollo Beach from 1957. This photo shows Apollo Beach in its earliest stages of development. In looking at this photo, the veiwer is looking west towards Tampa Bay. US 41 is the North South road at the bottom of the photo. Miller Mac Road (is at the southern end of the developed land and the Flamingo Canal bounds the north. Note the farmland to the south of the development, like parts of Dickman's vegetable farming empire. To the north was a combination of pasture for cattle...
Show moreAerial View of Apollo Beach from 1957. This photo shows Apollo Beach in its earliest stages of development. In looking at this photo, the veiwer is looking west towards Tampa Bay. US 41 is the North South road at the bottom of the photo. Miller Mac Road (is at the southern end of the developed land and the Flamingo Canal bounds the north. Note the farmland to the south of the development, like parts of Dickman's vegetable farming empire. To the north was a combination of pasture for cattle grazing and farmed land. Also note some of the very earliest finger canals being dredged at the extreme western edge of the property, at the bay. Also note the build up of dredged land in the bay itself.
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HCC0101AB014
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Apollo Beach Sign
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Apollo Beach Sign.
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HCC0101AB013
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Flora Sun Architectural Drawing of Planned Apollo Beach
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Flora Sun Architectural Drawing of Planned Apollo Beach.
Abstract/Description
Flora Sun bought Apollo Beach from the Corr Family when they could not complete the initial development. This drawing was an architectural drawing of Flora Sun's overall plan for the community. Very little of this was built by Flora Sun. Their project went bankrupt in a widely publicized banking crisis in the 1960s along with some illegal financing activity. The property eventually returned to the Corr family after a protracted legal battle that lasted 7 years.
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HCC0101RUS315
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Looking East: 1960
Title
Looking East: 1960.
Abstract/Description
This is the same area as in the Looking West: 1960 picture but from the opposite view. Clearly evidence of the dredge and fill technique being used to create AB. Compare this photo with the 1957 photo to show the addition of the dredged land, creating finger canals.
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HCC0101AB016
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Image (JPEG)
Looking West: 1960
Title
Looking West: 1960.
Abstract/Description
Looking West at very early Apollo Beach development. At the left side of the developed land is today's Miller Mac Road. On the right, is the Flamingo Canal. US 41 is at the bottom of the page. Note the early sales of lots in the first phases of the property, in what is known as the "F" Street section as most streets begin with the letter "F." Also note the early dredge and fill at the bayside section of the development, which created Apollo Beach's signature finger canal land development.
Identifier
HCC0101AB015
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Image (JPEG)
Ruskin Vegetable Cooperative US 541
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Ruskin Vegetable Cooperative US 541.
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This aerial photo is of the Ruskin Vegetable Cooperative on US541 (now us 41) looking east. On the extreme left is the small white structure that housed the cooperative headquarters. That building survives intact in 2022, and is now the retail facility *MUV" for the marijuana grow facility which replaced the structure in the photo around 2019. The photo looks to be c 1940 based on the vehicles in the photo. This area would have been known as North Ruskin (at least that was the name of the...
Show moreThis aerial photo is of the Ruskin Vegetable Cooperative on US541 (now us 41) looking east. On the extreme left is the small white structure that housed the cooperative headquarters. That building survives intact in 2022, and is now the retail facility *MUV" for the marijuana grow facility which replaced the structure in the photo around 2019. The photo looks to be c 1940 based on the vehicles in the photo. This area would have been known as North Ruskin (at least that was the name of the small train station that served the cooperatives, likely just to the left of the administrative building, but out of the picture. Today, across from the administrative building would be the entrance to Flamingo Road, which was built in the late 1950s as part of the new Apollo Beach construction. Note the vintage plan in the foreground which was likely used for crop dusting. Also interesting is the completely barren land east of the facility, which today is being developed as part of the massive Waterset Community.
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Identifier
HCC0101AB018
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